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Church of St John the Baptist

Black Sea Coast


The Church of St John the Baptist was built in the 10th century and features some of the best-preserved murals from the 14th and 17th centuries. The church is built on the foundations of an earlier church from the Byzantine period dating from the 6th century.


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